Gordon A. Craig papers, 1943-1945, 2008.

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Gordon A. Craig papers, 1943-1945, 2008.

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Items in the collection include copies of 15 black and white photographs (1943-1945); copy of a letter from William H. Cruickshank to Charles Craig about his father Gordon A. Craig (2002); biographical sketch by Charles Craig (2008).

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108310

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th

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The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many 10th...

Craig, Gordon A., 1925-1993.

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Gordon A. Craig was born in Madison, Wis. in 1925. He was an active skier who volunteered for the ski troops and served with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II. He was assigned to the 86th Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Camp Hale, Colo., where he took part in the "D-Series" training maneuvers. Later he was stationed at Camp Swift, Tex. Craig participated in combat operations against the German Army in Italy. Gordon Craig died in 1993. From the description of Gordo...

Craig, Charles M.,

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